There have been a lot of controversial polls about lately, and for my official first post, I thought I'd make one as well (abiding by the rule that the questions must be as unbiased as they can be). However, to further modify the poll, I thought I'd ask why you have the opinions that you do...

Do you think it is the mother's choice in the case of abortion?
Do you encourage the use of fetal tissue for scientific research?
Do you consider yourself a religious person?
Do you support the space program and further exploration into space?
Do you believe that war is imminent?
Where do you live?

Finally on a lighter note...

Do you like lemonade?

If you really want to mess with people's heads psychologically, post a few math questions before the actual poll. That will influence you to use the analytical side of your brain when responding to these controversial subjects.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cujo Do you think it is the mother's choice in the case of abortion? Yes, I do. Why? Because although I'm personally opposed to abortion (as in I wouldn't have one myself) I recognise that my opinion is based on a personal moral belief and not on facts. Therefore I don't believe I should tell other people they should agree with me when my opinion is only based on a personal belief.

Do you encourage the use of fetal tissue for scientific research? I don't know enough about the subject to answer.

Do you consider yourself a religious person? A few months ago I'd have said no, but now I guess I do

Do you support the space program and further exploration into space? I think so.

Do you believe that war is imminent? Sadly, yes

Where do you live? England. Where it's been snowing for the last two days. Eeek!

Do you like lemonade? Yeeees Actually, I love what people in America call lemonade - that's really yummy. Only here we call like 7up-type-drinks lemonade and they're not so good. Anyone want to volunteer to send me some strawberry lemonade?

Do you think it is the mother's choice in the case of abortion? yes
Do you encourage the use of fetal tissue for scientific research? depends on how it is acquired
Do you consider yourself a religious person? yes
Do you support the space program and further exploration into space? yes yes yes yes yes yes YES
Do you believe that war is imminent? unfortunately, yes
Where do you live? Indiana

Do you think it is the mother's choice in the case of abortion? Abortion is killing another human, so it's no one's choice except when it is medically necessary to save a mother's life when a pregnancy goes bad. Though the issue does get messier when you bring in the issue of rape.
Do you encourage the use of fetal tissue for scientific research? Nope. Would we experement on new borns? would we experement on third trimester fetuses? Heck the animal rights people go nuts over this and we're about to do it to our own species.
Do you consider yourself a religious person? In the sense that I have faith. I am a church member, but I'm not fond of organized religion. Being a son of clergy means know know all the nasty bits. But hey its the best we have.
Do you support the space program and further exploration into space? Yup. It may sound like costly sci-fi to most people but we are going to run out of mineral and energy sources here someday and we are going to run out of room (that is if you don't believe we're there already)
Do you believe that war is imminent? Yes. I can hope for peace but the little dove looks like it's about to flat line
Where do you live? Canada

I think it should be dealt with the same way as organ donation, or the donation of the body to science following death. The parents (or immediate family) should decide whether or not they want to donate any remaining tissue for research, and if so, they can. And if they don't want to, that's fine as well.

Do you think it is the mother's choice in the case of abortion? yesDo you encourage the use of fetal tissue for scientific research? sureDo you consider yourself a religious person? sureDo you support the space program and further exploration into space? yesDo you believe that war is imminent? noWhere do you live? memphis, tennessee, usaDo you like lemonade? yes, but only fresh squeezed.

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Re: Not Another One... Stop it Already

Do you think it is the mother's choice in the case of abortion? Yes, I do.Do you encourage the use of fetal tissue for scientific research? I've never really thought about it, so I don't really have a stance on that issue as of now. Do you consider yourself a religious person? No, not really.Do you support the space program and further exploration into space? Despite all that's happened recently, yes, I do support that stuff. I think learning about and exploring space is important-it will have a big effect on our future as far as where we may live and what else we may discover out there.Do you believe that war is imminent? For a while there, I did. But with the way some things have been going lately...I dunno, maybe war may be avoided after all. If that happened, that'd be great. Where do you live? The United States.

Finally on a lighter note...

Do you like lemonade? I don't drink it regularly, but it's not bad. I can take it or leave it.

Originally posted by cujo The questionnaire trend is officially over... well at least for today. Sorry for beating a dead horse with this rehash thread

Tis ok, they're all thought provoking.

Anyhow, I'll have a stab at your questions.

Do you think it is the mother's choice in the case of abortion? The mother makes the choice usually, yes. As for if it is her right...
Do you encourage the use of fetal tissue for scientific research? Do you mean the placenta and cord blood? I support research in this field.
Do you consider yourself a religious person? Not outwardly.
Do you support the space program and further exploration into space? No.
Do you believe that war is imminent? yes.
Where do you live? Aus.